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Recent Examples of bottomland Whitmer, in November 2020, sent notice of her intention to revoke the state's 1953 easement with the company allowing the pipelines underwater on the Straits of Mackinac bottomlands. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 17 Dec. 2025 The Parkers were one of the first families to occupy the bottomland near the north bank of the Trinity River before the Johnson family founded Mosier Valley, according to Pointer. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Dec. 2025 As one of the largest intact stretches of old-growth bottomland hardwood forests, Congaree National Park is marvelous in any season. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025 Mike was in a bottomland tree stand ahead of us, near the edge of the property. — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bottomland

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Nearly three dozen women from 10 countries — including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia — converged on the field in Bolivia's lowland city of Santa Cruz for five days of training that concluded Friday with friendly matches.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Haaland is from Bryne, a nearby farming town in the country’s rural lowlands, near the North Sea.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

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Natural Selection’s new-build camp Tawana is set amid Botswana’s Moremi Game Reserve, some 1,900 square miles of grassland and flood plain teeming with antelope and elephants, lions and hippos.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
In Brazil, both the Amazon rainforest and the vast grassland known as the Cerrado have been rapidly transformed through clearing and logging operations into pastures and cropland.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

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The Los Angeles man was charged with one count of misdemeanor firing timber or prairie lands, which is punishable by up to 6 months in county jail, a fine up to $1,000, or both.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026
An aerial photo shows a prairie in the Okefenokee Swamp on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026

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Irwin had previously offered to host the ceremony at Australia Zoo, which apparently holds quite a few weddings overlooking its African savanna section.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Besides rolling, open savannas and nearby waterholes—with views of the mountains beyond—the sanctuary is home to one of Africa’s largest populations of both black and white rhinos and plays a pivotal role in conservation efforts, too.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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Trail Creek Trail Another Nabesna Road go-to is the Trail Creek Trail, a six-mile one-way route that includes creek hiking, tundra ascents, and potential sheep sightings.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
Up here, on the tundra of Alaska’s North Slope, the summer sun dances in an unending ellipse.

— Jordan McGillis, Washington Post, 18 July 2026

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Plus, development plans show space for a grazing meadow beside holes four and five.

— Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
British Vogue reported that more than 200 guests attended the Somerset ceremony, which was held in a meadow that was in full bloom, on the couple’s fifth anniversary.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

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